NCERT Solutions Class 5 English Unit 1 Ice-cream Man
Class 5 English Unit 1 NCERT Solutions
Ice-cream Man
When summer’s in the
city,
And brick’s a blaze of
heat,
The Ice-cream Man with
his little cart
Goes trundling down the
street.
Beneath his round
umbrella,
Oh, what a joyful
sight,
To see him fill the
cones with mounds
Of cooling brown and
white:
Vanilla, chocolate,
strawberry,
Or chilly things to
drink
From bottles full of
frosty-fizz,
Green, orange, white,
or pink.
His cart might be a
flower bed,
Of roses and sweet
peas,
The way the children
cluster round
As thick as honeybees.
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By RACHEL FIELD
Theme of the Poem
This poem is written by
Rachel Field. It communicates how an ice cream man brings joy and relief during
the scorching heat of the summer days. He brings varieties of ice creams in his
cart. He also brings cold drinks to quench the thirst of the children. The ice
cream man becomes everyone’s favourite during summer.
About the Author
· Rachel Field was an American novelist, poet and
children’s fiction writer.
· She was born in New York, United States on 19
September,1894.
· She is best known for the Newberry Award for Hitty,
Her First Hundred Years.
· She also won a National Award.
New Words
blaze:- bright flame or fire
Sentence:- Dry wood makes a good blaze.
trundling:- moving on small broad wheels
Sentence:- She trundled her suitcase into the room.
mounds:- heap, pile
Sentence:- The ice-cream man filled the cones with ice cream
mounds.
frosty-fizz:- chilled drink making a hissing, bubbling sound
Sentence:- A frosty fizz will quench my thirst in this
sweltering summer heat.
cluster:- gather around, group of similar things
Sentence:- The kids clustered around the clown.
Reading is Fun
Q1.
In which season is ice cream popular?
Ans-
Ice cream
is popular in summer season.
Q2.
Who feels joyful on seeing the Ice-cream Man?
Ans-
Children
feel joyful on seeing the Ice-cream Man.
Q3.
Name the different flavours of ice cream the Ice-cream Man has in his cart?
Ans-
The
Ice-cream Man has vanilla, chocolate and strawberry flavours of ice cream in
his cart.
Q4.
What are the two things that the Ice-cream Man is selling?
Ans-
The
Ice-cream Man is selling ice cream and chilled cold drinks.
Q5.
What is the ice-cream cart compared to in the poem?
Ans-
The
ice-cream cart is compared to the flower bed in the poem.
Let’s Write
Having
an ice cream on a hot summer day is exciting and enjoyable.
1.
Write about some of the exciting and enjoyable things that one can do in the
winter season.
•
Have a hot soup
•
Make snowman
•
Have hot coffee
•
Take a hot water bath.
•
Sit in sun
•
Play indoor games
•
Do campfire
2.
List as many summer activities as you can
•
Swimming
•
Go to picnic
•
Have cold drinks
•
Eat ice cream
•
Sit in the shade of a tree
• Go to waterpark
Say Aloud
Circle
the words where you get a zzzzz sound.
One is done for you.
Let’s Listen
1. Listen and tell the sounds that
these words in the poem produce.
Cart- trundling sound
Drinks- hissing sound
2. What are some of the different sounds you hear when the Ice-cream Man
comes?
Ans- We hear sound of bell ringing.
We
also hear ice cream man crying loudly.
Find Out and Write a Report
1. Write a report on different brands of ice cream available in your area.
Ans. Report on Different brands of Ice-cream
Our group visited three ice cream parlours in our area. Mother dairy sells four flavours, namely Mango, Vanilla, Butterscotch and Chocolate. Kwality Walls offers orange, chocolate and butterscotch flavours. Amul sells vanilla, chocolate and butterscotch flavours. These ice creams ranges from Rs10 to Rs 120. We tasted all of them. In my opinion Butterscotch sold by Mother dairy is the most popular.
1. Colour the boxes that have rhyming words.
2. What do the following words describe in the poem?
joyful- sight
little- cart
round- umbrella
What
are the describing words used in the poem for the following.
Cooling
brown and white mounds
Vanilla, chocolate and strawberry- flavor
thick- cluster
Fun Time
1. 1. Colour the boxes with the colours of the flavours
mentioned in each.
Describe it using interesting describing words –the
colours, the flavours, the size, how it looks, tastes, feels etc.
This
is my dream ice cream. It is a huge bar and looks like a rocket. It has layers
of colours. It is a chocolate ice cream. It is creamy and have nuts sprinkled
on it. It is a mixture of several tastes.
3. Have you ever eaten the ice cream from North India?
The following sentences describe how it is served but they are not in the correct order. Write the correct number before each sentence.
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